South Asia flood: Monsoon rain kills 1200 in India, Nepal and Bangladesh

South Asia flood: Monsoon rain kills 1200 in India, Nepal and Bangladesh

At least 41 million people affected in floods in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, UN says While the world’s attention has been on the devastation from Hurricane Harvey in Texas (US), devastatingng floods... Read more »
Pakistan beat front-runners India to clinch Champions Trophy title

Pakistan beat India to clinch Champions Trophy 2017 title

Fakhar Zaman smashes maiden century as Pakistan beat India by 180 runs to win first-ever ICC Champions Trophy Fakhar Zaman’s spectacular maiden one-day international century and breathtaking bowling spell by fast bowler Mohammad Amir... Read more »
Champions Trophy final 2017

Champions Trophy 2017: Pakistan India gear up for mother of all finals

This will be the first time Pakistan and India will clash in the ICC Champions Trophy final. India is eyeing their third title, Pakistan their maiden crown. Cricket fans couldn’t have wished... Read more »
International Court of Justice (ICJ)

Pakistan counters India at ICJ to hear on Kulbhushan Jadhav case

A public hearing is underway at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the case of conviction of Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) proceedings would determine whether... Read more »
India heat wave 2016

More than 100 feared dead as intense heat wave grips India

This is a second consecutive year marred by a deadly heat wave before the monsoon rains INDIA – Indian officials say more than 100 people have lost their lives as a result... Read more »
An explosion rocked a Hindu temple in Kollam district in Kerala early Sunday, the last day of an annual week-long festival. Photo: reuters

India temple fire kills more than 100 people

An explosion and blaze sparked by fireworks have killed at least 100 people at a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Kerala, police say. NEW DELHI (India) — More than 100... Read more »
Australia is one of the world's biggest coal producers

Indian coal giant Adani secures $7.7 Billion Australian mining leases

Australia Approves Adani’s Galilee Basin $7.7 Billion Coal Mine Project SYDNEY (Australia) – India’s Adani Enterprises may soon start work on the mega Carmichael coal project in Australia after securing leases following the... Read more »
Andre Russell runs towards his team-mates after taking West Indies home, India v West Indies, World T20 2016, semi-final, Mumbai, March 31, 2016 ©Getty Images

World T20: Both Men and Women West Indies teams qualify for Finals

Double joy for Caribbean Cricketers The West Indies will go for a double Sunday when both its men’s and women’s teams seek World Twenty20 championships in a doubleheader final of Twenty20 2016 Cricket... Read more »

Two Muslim cattle traders hanged to death in eastern India

Extremist Hindu vigilantes have allegedly hanged two Muslim cattle traders in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand. The killing of cows is forbidden in the Hindu religion, as opposed to Islam. In... Read more »
Activists of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) shout slogans during a procession in Srinagar on April 18, 2015 | Mukhtar Khan, AP

The pursuit of Kashmir

Kashmir’s story presented by the writer here is a historical account of the tragedy of Kashmir. A tragedy that stems from a ceaseless contestation for a pursuit based on two arbitrary –... Read more »
Hindu hardliners threatens to dig up pitch if Pakistan plays in India

Hindu hardliners threaten to dig up pitch if Pakistan plays in India

“If the Pakistan team comes to Dharamsala to play against Indian cricket team, we will dig the pitch in HPCA stadium,” Virender Shandilya, national president of Anti-Terrorist Front of India, said. Hindu... Read more »
India emerged as the world’s largest arms importer while US and Russia remain major global arms suppliers

India is world’s largest arms importer, US dominates arms sales

India emerged as the world’s largest arms importer, accounting for 14% of the global imports in the 2011-2015 timeframe. The latest data on international arms transfers released by a global think-tank, SIPRI, also... Read more »
Pakistan was successful in securing its first ever export order for its JF-17 Thunder fighter at the first day of the International Paris Air Show

Pakistan, Sri Lanka finalise JF-17 Thunder jets deal

COLOMBO (Sri Lanka) – Pakistan and Sri Lanka have signed an agreement under which the former would sale eight JF-17 Thunder aircraft to the latter in the initial stage despite Indian pressure.... Read more »
People work on the outer wall of a house that collapsed in an earthquake in Imphal. Photograph: Yurreipem Arthur/AP

Six killed, over 100 injured as 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit northeast India

At least six people were killed and over 100 injured as a strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit India’s Manipur region today, causing damage to buildings and triggering panic. The U.S. Geological Survey said... Read more »

India is building a top-secret Nuclear City to produce thermonuclear weapons

By Adiran Levy: CHALLAKERE, India — When labourers began excavating pastureland in India’s southern Karnataka state early in 2012, members of the nomadic Lambani tribe were startled. For centuries, the scarlet-robed herbalists... Read more »
Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake hits Tajikistan, shakes Pakistan, India, Afghanistan

Strong 7.2 Earthquake hits Tajikistan, triggers tremors in Pakistan, India, Afghanistan

A major earthquake shook Tajikistan on Monday. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck at 12:50 p.m. local time on Monday in the most sparsely populated area of Tajikistan in the Hindu Kush Mountains, the... Read more »
Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif at the 18th SAARC Summit in Kathmandu, Nepal. (AFP)

Modi, Sharif had hour-long ‘secret’ meeting during SAARC 2014

A year ago all that the people saw was a quick handshake but away from TV cameras Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif held an hour-long secret meeting... Read more »
Police complaint lodged against Bollywood star Aamir Khan (Photo by Gurmeet Singh)

Police complaint against Bollywood star Aamir Khan

A complaint with charges of sedition, defamation, hurting religious feelings, and criminal intimidation against the Bollywood actor, Aamir Khan and his wife Kiran Rao, was filed in the court of additional chief... Read more »

India and Pakistan to face off for national glory Thunder Nation Cup Final

Sydney (Media Release); On January 7th, the MoneyGram Thunder Nation Cup will be on the line as India and Pakistan battle it out on Spotless Stadium in front of a Sydney Thunder... Read more »

‘Modi on track to cripple India’

By Tariq A. Al-Maeena The title of this column is borrowed from Dr. Mike Ghouse, an American of Indian origin who is passionate about the native land that fed him milk in his... Read more »
Indian Consul General Sunjay Sudhir and NSW Premier Mike Baird celebrate Diwali as the Opera House was lit up in a golden orange to mark the Hindu festival of light

NSW Premier Mike Baird wishes Happy Diwali to Indian community

On this occasion of Diwali festival, the Premier of New South Wales Mike Baird wished the community a happy Diwali after the the sails of the Sydney Opera House were lit up Thursday evening... Read more »

Narendra Modi worst nightmare

By Sanjena Sathian (For Ozy) It was Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and Muslims and non-Muslims alike thronged the streets of Mumbai. Billboards announced sales on... Read more »

India.. This is not cricket nor sportsman spirit

By Syed Nayyar Uddin Ahmad The Shiv Sena attack on Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) HQ at Mumbai, was a pre-planned scheme of the RAW controlled BJP government, which is proved by... Read more »
Pakistani author, Kanza Javed was supposed to participate in Indian Literature Fest for the launch of her book ‘Ashes, Wine and Dust,' but her visa was denied at the last-minute by India.

Pakistani author launches her Novel on Skype after India denied visa

When a Pakistani author Kanza Javed was denied a visa to travel to India for her book launch. She didn’t lose hope. Kanza, with the help of her publisher, Aanchal Malhotras, co-ordinated a... Read more »